Re: [RBW] Fenders and Rams
I have Longboards and Tektro Silver (not sure what R number those equate to) brakes on my orange Ram, and it works great with 28m Paselas. I've also put on 32mm Schwalbe Marathons for a trip on the CO Towpath, which worked fine too. The Schwalbes seemed a little tight, but I had no problems. Steve On Nov 10, 2012, at 10:58 PM, J L wrote: Ryan Some have installed longboards, or SKS fenders on their Ram but there are also many who were successful in installing metal fenders. There are a couple things one can do to improve the clearance for fenders. What brakes do you have? The stock Shimano brakes are nice at stopping but the Tektro 539s are a good upgrade because of how they are shaped. There more clearance in both caliper width (wider tire can be installed without deflating) and fender clearance. The second thing to try - if I understand correctly what you meant by mount the good way is to shorten the daruma bolt (a file used like a saw works well) then drill the mounting hole a little wider in order to use a recessed brake bolt in place of the nut. I worked with this same issue on my own Ram. I am very pleased with the Tektro brakes and although I got fenders to fit on the bike I never ride with them. Cheers JL -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
[RBW] Fenders and Rams
My hanjos do not like my Ram with 32mm paselas. It worked but the crown was too shallow to mount the good way and the original brakes are pretty low. Has anyone put the longboards on a ram? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/5UcuAPdJJ8gJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
Re: [RBW] Fenders and Rams
Ryan Some have installed longboards, or SKS fenders on their Ram but there are also many who were successful in installing metal fenders. There are a couple things one can do to improve the clearance for fenders. What brakes do you have? The stock Shimano brakes are nice at stopping but the Tektro 539s are a good upgrade because of how they are shaped. There more clearance in both caliper width (wider tire can be installed without deflating) and fender clearance. The second thing to try - if I understand correctly what you meant by mount the good way is to shorten the daruma bolt (a file used like a saw works well) then drill the mounting hole a little wider in order to use a recessed brake bolt in place of the nut. I worked with this same issue on my own Ram. I am very pleased with the Tektro brakes and although I got fenders to fit on the bike I never ride with them. Cheers JL On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 6:39 PM, Ryan Ray ryanr...@gmail.com wrote: My hanjos do not like my Ram with 32mm paselas. It worked but the crown was too shallow to mount the good way and the original brakes are pretty low. Has anyone put the longboards on a ram? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/5UcuAPdJJ8gJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
